Creating my own Map Shapefiles for Power BI
(2019-Jan-06) In the past, I used to always rely on shapefiles crafted by others to create my map visualizations in...
2019-01-15 (first published: 2019-01-06)
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Blog Posts
Inspector V1.3 now available
Inspector V1.3 is now available on GitHub.
We have updated the sample report for you to play with which includes the...
2019-01-15
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Moving off SQL Server 2008 / R2 – What can Azure offer?
You will very likely know that SQL Server 2008 / R2 end of support is on July 9th 2019. Not that...
2019-01-15
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SQL FAILS with Andy Mallon, Erin Stellato, and Mr. Anonymous!
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While most of us strive to make as few mistakes as possible when it comes to our servers and data, accidents do occasionally happen.
Sometimes...
2019-01-15
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SQL FAILS with Andy Mallon, Erin Stellato, and Mr. Anonymous!
Watch this week's video on YouTube
While most of us strive to make as few mistakes as possible when it comes to our servers and data, accidents do occasionally happen.
Sometimes...
2019-01-15
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Azure – Backing up to URL
In a previous post, I talked about some of the available storage options that can be used to back up...
2019-01-14 (first published: 2019-01-04)
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year is setting goals. I plan to blog more. I...
2019-01-14
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My New Year Challenge: The Kessel Run and Keto
The Kessel Run Medal for 2019Hello Dear Reader, it's been a while since we talked. Part of the new year...
2019-01-14
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Pro SQL Server on Linux- More Installs
As part of my learning goals for 2018, I wanted to work through various books. This is part of my...
2019-01-14
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Quick Permissions Audit
DBAs often need to figure out who has access to what. When that need arises, it is frequently adequate to just perform a quick permissions audit.
Related Posts:
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2019-01-14
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
BIT_COUNT II
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BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers